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NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2011 : findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)

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Title

NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2011 : findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)

Collection

NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets; Reports; PublicationNT

Date

2011

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Notes

Date:2011; Australian drug trends series No. 80

Language

English

Subject

Drug abuse surveys -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Ecstasy (Drug) -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Drug abuse -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals

Publisher name

National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales

Place of publication

Sydney (N.S.W)

ISBN

9780733430206

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/242182

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/610318

Page content

85 Figure 52: Number of ATS seizures in NT, 1999/00-2009/10 Source: Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence (ABCI) and ACC Note: Excludes the over 25 litres of liquid amphetamines seized in two clandestine laboratories by NT Police in 2003/04 Figure 53 demonstrates that the combined number of arrests for ATS consumers and providers decreased to 157 arrests (175 in 2008/09), reversing the general trend of increasing number of ATS-related arrests that commenced in 2003/04. Figure 53: Number of ATS total consumer and provider arrests in the NT, 1999/002009/10 Source: ACC Table 67 shows that cocaine arrest and seizure numbers remained low, with seizure weight (13 grams) much lower than in 2008/09 (235 grams). 7077 1992 651 1201 2031 8325 7250 1409 1952 38937 6344 79 86 45 56 83 91 99 127 185 183 167 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 45000 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 30/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 N o . o f se iz u re s W e ig h t in g Weight in g No. of seizures 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 N u m b e r o f ar re st s